Improvement in fans



. of the side bar of the fan QUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAX. RBIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS SANDERS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,427, dated October 7, 1879 application filed August 27, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX RBIN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fan, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side view of my improved fan opened, part' being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same closed. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of parts of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is` to furnish an improved fanot' the kind that may be opened into circular forni, which shall be so constructed that it may be closed into the space between thc parts of the handle, and may be held securely in place both when opened and when closed.

The invention consists in the combination of the double spring-catch with the slotted handle and the cross-head formedupon the end in the lipsformed upon the side edges of the arms of' the slotted handle to serve as stops for the side bar of the fan to strike against; and in the notches formed in the edges of theI arms of the slotted handle to receive the cross-head of the side bar of the fan to allow the said side bar to pass in between the arms of the said handle, as hereinafter fully described.

Alrepresents the handle of the fan, the upper part of which has a slot formed in it of sufcient width to receive the folded fan B. The fan B is made of a strip of paper or other desired material, laid in plaits or folds ot' a width a little less than the Width of the slot in the handle A. Thelast fold upon each side is strengthened by a bar or plate, bl, of metal or other suitable material.

The folds of the fan B are held together at one end by a cord or other suitable fastening passed through them, and between the ends ot' the middle folds is secured a thin strip or plate, G, of metal or other suitable material, the outer end of which projects and has an eye formed in it to receive the pinal, attached to the arms of the handle A to form the pivot of the fan.

The free end of one of the side bars bl is made square, so that its corners may strike against lips a2, formed upon the edges of the arms of the handle A just above the base of its slot, to prevent it from passing out ateither side of the said handle A.

The free end of the other side bar bl has its corners cut away slightly, so that it can pass the lips a?, is extended alittle, and has a cross-head, b2, formed upon or attached to it, of such a length that its ends may project a little beyond the handle A, as shown in Figs.

`2 and 4, so that they may be taken hold of in opening and closing the fan.

The cross-head b2 enters notches a3 in the edges of the parts of the handle, as shown in the drawings, so that the said side bar may pass in between the said arms upon each side.

The cross-head b2 is held in position at either side ot' the handle A by a double spring-catch, D, attached at its center to the handle A at the bottom of its slot, as shown in Fig. 1.

The bottom of the slot in the handle A is inclined or rounded off, as shown in Fig. 1, to allow the spring-catch D to be sprung down a little to release the cross-head b2.

In using the fan it is opened by taking hold of the ends of the cross-head b2 with the thumb and finger pressing down the springcatch D, and carrying the said cross-head b2 around to the other side of the handle A, and pressing it into the notches a3, the other bar bl at the same time moving over to the other side of the handleA until it rests against the other pair of lips a2.

The fan is closed by exactly the same movement, the inner side bar bl vibrating between the two pairs of lips a2, as the fan is opened and closed, but never passing out of the slot in the handle A.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the double springcatch D with the slotted handle A and the cross-head b2, formed upon the end ot the side bar of the fan B, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The lips a2, formed upon the side edges l to pass in between the arms 0f the said hanof the arms of the slottedL handle A to serve 1 dle, substantially as herein shown and deas stops for the side bar b of the ihn l to scribed.

strike against substantially as herein shown I and described. MAX RBIN' 3. The notches a3,fo1n1cd in the slotted hun Witnesses: dle A to receive the cross-bend l;2 of the side JAMES T. GRAHAM, f

bar b 0f the fnn l; tu nllon' the said side bm' SEDGWICK. 

